Malt-liquor-pipe cleaner



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J. DITTON sv H. J. SCHNEIDER. MALT LIQUOR PIPE CLEANER.

No. 497,312. Patented May 16, 1893.

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M-ALT LIQUOR PIPE CLENBB..

NiTED STATES' PATENT Errea.

JOSEPH DITTON.AND HERMANN J. SCHNEIDER, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

NlALT-LlQUOR-PIPE CLEANER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of `Letters Patent No. 497,312, dated May 16, 1893.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOSEPH DITTON and HERMANN J. SCHNEIDER, citizens of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automatic Malt-Liquor-Pi pe Cleaners, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Our invention consists of a metallic, spherically-formed receptacle having a pipe-connection at the top and bottom, a suitable cover an interior strainer.

The object of our improvement is to provide a device for cleansing the pipes which are used as conduits for malt liquor. In places where beer, or other malt liquor, is sold by the glass, barrels containing the liquor are connected by pipes, usually arranged in a coil, with the spigots at the ban The continual dow of the liquor through the connecting pipes fouls the same, with a glutinous, albuminous substance which adheres to the inside surface of said pipes, nearly or quite clogging the passages therein. In order to render the pipes t for use, when they thus become foul and clogged, it is necessary to inject some alkali, or other suitable deter' gent, therein as soda, which acts as a solvent upon the matter adhering to said pipes and cleanses them.

That our invention may be seen and fully understood by those skilled in this art, reference will be had to the following specification and annexed drawings, forming a part thereof, in which- Figure 1 is a side View of our device; Fig. 2, a longitudinal section, and Fig. 3, a side View of said device with its proper connections, when in use.

Similar letters of reference designate like parts in the drawings and specification.

The metallic receptacle A, of essentially the form shown in the drawings, is composed of the two semi-spherical portions B and B', which are secured together by the bead There is an opening in the top of the receptacle A which is closed by the screw cover C, or in any other suitable manner. The base Fig. 2.

lar pipeconnection E extends from the opposite side, preferably, of the lower portion B', at the bottom. The strainer F, shown in Fig. 2 and by dotted lines in Fig. 3, is a perforated, metallic shell, open at the top .and soldered or otherwise securely attached to the portion B, immediately below the pipeconnection E, bythe beveled surface F',

The beveled surface F' extends entirelyaround the top of the strainer F and any liquid entering the receptacle A, through Athe pipe-connection E, must pass into said strainer F and through the openings F2, Fig.

I2, into the lower portion B', of said receptacle.

In Fig. 3, the :receptacle A is illustrated as being in `connection with the water faucet G, by the pipe H. The pipe H is attached to the pipe-connection E and the pipe-connection E has the pipe I extending therefrom. The spigots J, K, L and M have the pipes J', K', L and M connected to the rear ends thereof and the pipes J', L' and M' are attached at their opposite ends to the barrels N, P and Q. The pipe K' has been detached from the barrel O and is attached t-o the stand-pipe R.

In operation, the strainer F having been filled with soda, or other detergent, the pipe I is attached to the spigot K and wateris admitted to the upper part of the receptacle A, from the faucet G. Thewater percolates through the openings F2, in the strainer F, carrying with it a solution of the alkali, contained in said strainer, through the lower part of the receptacle A, the pipe I, spigot K and pipe K', cleansing said pipe K during the'passage of said solution. The foul contents of the pipe K' are carried off by the stand-pipe R. When the pipe K' is cleansed the pipe I is detached from the spigotK and attached to the other spigots, in succession, until each of the pipes connecting said spigots with the barrels has been freed from its foul adhesion.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A malt liquor pipe cleanser consisting of In testimony whereof weaiix oursignatures `the semi-spherical portions B and B held toin presence of two Witnesses.

gether by the bead b, the pipe-connections E JOSEPH DITTON.

and E and the strainer F attached by Ithe HERMANN J. SCHNEIDER. 5 beveled surface `F to the interior of the por lVitnesses:

tion B, in the manner substantially as and NV. II. BURRIDGE,

for the purpose set forth. F. A. CUTTER. 

